Corn-shock loader for vehicles.



No. 707,280. Patented Aug. I9, |902- W. A TEA, Decd. v

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CURN SHOCK LUADER FDH VEHICLES. (Application led Nov. 15, 1901.)

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WILLIAM A. TEA, OF BELLEVUELOHIOLMARY J. TEA ADMINISTRATRIX OF SAID VILLIAMfA. TEA, DEOEASED CORN-SHOCK LOADER*FOIRVEHICLES.1

sPEoiFIcATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,280, dated August-19, 1902. Application filed Novemberl, 1901. Serial No. 82,392. (No model.)

.To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. TEA, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bellevue, in the countyof Sandusky and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Corn-Shock Loader for Vehicles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to corn-shock loaders, more particularly of the typein which the shocks of corn are raised bodily from the ground and dumped into a wagon.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding-parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing my device ready for receiving the shocks. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section showing the device about ready to discharge the shocks, and Fig. 4 is a somewhat similar view showing the device immediately after discharging the shocks:

A pair of carrier-wheels 1 are connected together by cross-bars 2 and by an axle 3.

Pivotally mounted upon the ends of the axleV 3 is a yoke-shaped frame 4, provided with a metallic loop 5 for securing the same to the rear end of a wagon. Upon the said yoke-v shaped frame are mounted a pair of rigid standards 6, surmounted bya revoluble roller '7. A pair of spiral springs 8 are connected with the yoke-shaped frame and also with the Y member 12 is pivoted a grid-frame 15, which is provided with a hook-like bar 161L for the purpose of engagingthe flange 17, thereby holdingthe folding frame 14 in a predetermined relation to themelnber 12, as indicated in`Figs. 1 and 3. Thisf is accomplished by raising the outer or left-hand end ofthe folding frame 14 and causing the bar 16 of the grid-frame 15 to pass over the flange 17', as indicatedin Fig. When in the position shown in Fig. 1, the shocks are loaded upon the grid-frame 15 vand also upon the stationary ribs 22, which form another grid extending entirely across the frame between members 12 12. l

A handle 18 is pivoted at 19 upona large lfolding frame 24, which frame is itself pivoted upon the main framelO. This handle is provided with a shdulder 2O (shown more particularly in Fig. 2) for engaging the member 11, which member is provided with a guide-plate 21, passing over said handle. Chains 23 connect the member 11 and the large folding frame 24, so as to limit the moveupon thefolding frame'24. The lugs 26 are for the purpose of engaging the cross-rods 2, connectingthe carrier-wheelsfor the purpose of causing the rotation of said wheels to carry the main frame 10 with all of its accompanying parts upward for the purpose of dumping the shocks intovthe wagon.

' The operation of my device is as follows: Supposing the device to be in the position shown in Figs. 1 and2, the handle is first lowered and the shocks are then loaded directly upon the grid-frame 15 and the stationary ribs 22 untila suitable load is formed. The

VVloopjoeing secured to the rearend of a wagon, the device is now pulledforward, causiing the carrier-wheels to rotate. The folding frame 24 is normally drawn toward thejcenter of the wheel by a torsionalspri'ng' '27 and is normally stopped by contact of the shoulder 20 with the member 11. When, therefore, the handle 1S is raised at will so as to occupy the position indicated in Fig. 1, the torsion of the spring 27 by impelling the folding frame 24 toward the Wheels causes the lugs 26 to engage the cross-rods 2. The result is that the main frame is immediately locked to the wheels, so that the rotation of the wheels causes the entire folding frame 24, together with the main frame 10 and all accompanying parts, to be raised bodily upward over thc wheel toward the Wagon, as indicated in Fig. 3. When in this position, the corn-shocks are about to be discharged into a Wagon. A moment later and the folding frame 24 encounters the roller 7, which prevents any further rotation of the said folding frame and causes the shocks to slip forward, a slight impulse being given them by the folding frame 24. The shocks therefore slide o easily into the wagon, and the grid-frame and the outer folding frame 14 assume the positions indicated in Fig. 4C. When the folding frame 24: strikes the roller 7, the said folding frame is slightly raised, as indicated in Fig. et, so that the lugs 26 are disengaged from the cross-bars 2. By simply moving the handle 18 upward into the position indicated in Fig. 1 the relative position of the folding frame 24 is so changed that the lugs 26 are unable to engage the cross-rods 2, and the entire main frame, with all ofits accompanying parts, can readily be moved over backward into its original position, as indicated in said ligure. The device is now ready for another charge of cornshocks. When the lever 18 is pulled downward to its lowest limit, the lugs 26 are unable to engage the cross-rods 2, and so long as the lever remains in its lowest position the device can be drawn as any other vehicle without any disturbance of the parts, the frames remaining substantially in the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2. It is only when the lever 18 is pulled upward that the frames are raised.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A corn-shock loader, comprising a pair of wheels, means for temporarily securing the same to a wagon, a rocking frame pivotally mounted upon said wheels, means for rigidly connecting said frame directly to said wheels so as to be rocked by the rotation thereof, and means for automatically disconnecting said frame from said Wheels.

2. A corn-shock loader, comprising carrierwheels connected by cross-bars, a main frame pivotally connected with said wheels, means for temporarily connecting said frame and said cross-rods rigidly together for the purpose of raising said frame by the rotation of said wheels, a series of folding frames pivotally connected with said main frame and movable relatively thereto, and a hand-lever engaging said main frame and one of said folding frames, for controlling the relative positions of said folding frame.

3. A corn-shock loader, comprising carrierwheels, a yoke-frame for connecting said carrier-wheels to an exterior movable object, a main frame pivotally connected with said wheels,means for temporarily connecting said main frame and said carrier-Wheels rigidly together for the purpose of raising said main frame by the rotation of said wheels, and springs connecting said yoke-frame and said main frame together for compensating the Weight of said frame.

4:. A corn-shock loader, comprising carrierwheels, a yoke-shaped frame connected therewith and provided with a roller, a main frame pivotally connected with said wheels and normally movable relatively thereto, means for temporarily connecting said wheels and said main frame rigidly together for the purpose of raising said main frame by the rotation of said wheels,afolding frame fiexibly connected with said main frame and free to engage said roller, and flexible connections between said main frame and said folding frame for limiting the play of the said folding frame.

5. A corn-shock loader, comprising carrierwheels, a yoke-shaped frame provided with a roller, a main frame connected with said wheels and normally movable relatively thereto, means for rigidly connecting said main frame with said wheels for the purpose of raising said main frame, a folding frame pivotally mounted upon said main frame and free to engage said roller, and means for limiting the movement of the said folding frame relatively to said roller.

6. A corn-shock loader, comprising carrier- Wheels, a yoke-shaped frame, a main frame pivotally mounted upon said Wheels, a locking device for rigidly connecting said main frame and said wheels for the purpose of raising said main frame, and a hand-lever for releasing said locking device, thus enabling the said main frame to be lowered to its original position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM A. TEA.

'Vitnesses:

J. P. VICKERY, E. F. LIENHARD.

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